Posted on 01/03/2015 8:08:30 PM PST by smoothsailing
January 3, 2915
By Rob Bluey
In a daring move just days before the next election for House speaker, Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., today offered himself as an alternative to incumbent Speaker John Boehner, the party establishment’s choice.
Boehner, who has served as speaker since 2011, will likely face his first formal challenge from a member of his own party on Tuesday when lawmakers convene for the 114th Congress. The Daily Signal has learned Yoho is one of several Republicans weighing a run for speaker.
“The American people have allowed us to choose who is best suited to lead the House by electing a deep bench of diverse and qualified members,” Yoho said in a Facebook message. “Our Republic is built on choice, and if needed, I would stand up to give our members that option.”
A formal challenge to Boehner sets up different dynamic than two years ago when a dozen conservative lawmakers cast protest votes against the Ohio Republican even though there were no other declared candidates. Now, Yoho gives Republicans an option besides Boehner. .
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So there’s a chance that Boehner’s speakership blows up? I can see the headline now: ‘Boehner Goes Bluey!’
Oops, wrong name. Knew it was too good to be true...
I liked it anyway! B^)
He said after 8 Years he will come home. I believe he was only elected in 2012. So he is good till 2020. It will all be over by then anyways.
Yoho is my critter and he voted 4 X for the cromnibus or whatever it was called. He has been rolled. Ingraham told him he had been played. This makes me laugh. I also thought he said he would only serve 2 terms. I’m thinking he moved from tea to establishment spirits quickly.
elected in 2012 and took office in 2013
said he would serve for 8 years and come home
There’s no crying in politics.
Go Yoho, ye pillagin’ privateer!
If Yoho is not a cryer, it’s a start.
NOW you are talking. This Boy Scout conservatism of Mark Levin and Ted Cruz gets us nowhere in the face of RINO billionaires like Adelson and Singer. We need to hire a spate of private investigators to dig upo every morsel of dirt that exists on the GOPe -- ALL of them -- and then lead them around by the nose.
I know all there is to know about the crying game.
We’ve all had our share of Bonehead’s crying game.
That’s my Congressman! Dr. Yoho is a large animal vet. In other words, he’s used to dealing with bovine stupidity, sheepish cluelessness, porcine greed, and bulls**t in general. He will put those skills to very good use in DC.
19 posted on 1/3/2015, 6:59:57 PM by lump in the melting pot (Half-brother is Watching You!)
Yeah, I see a lot of defeatism on this forum and from those who decry it from the Republicans in Congress. Go figure!
Doesn't matter who they vote for Boehner must get an absolute majority, all they need to do is deny him the position on the first ballot, then the infighting begins.
Agreed, forcing it beyond a first ballot is key.
Hope we’re in store for some fireworks next week!
Better for us, worse for Boehner.
“So there’s a chance that Boehner’s speakership blows up? I can see the headline now: ‘Boehner Goes Bluey!’”
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Boehner goes bluey? Maybe, but, given his tears, the headline may more likely read ‘Boehner Goes Flacid’.
And that is a deflation I long to see realized.
He might be good, but his state went for sotero 2x.
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